– WHAT the project can realistically achieve (Results) and what not (Assumptions for monitoring),
– WHAT this will actually mean; the indicators,
– WHAT the project can do and what not (Assumptions for monitoring),
– by WHOM. Which organisation(s) will be responsible for the implementation and
– the required organizational capacity by assessing internal organizational obstacles and design the organizational capacity plan (the ‘HOW will it happen’ matrix).

The facilitator needs to make the above steps happen in a smooth natural way involving each and everybody equally by only have them talk about the content.

After having gone through several ‘crises’ all participants managed finally to raise out of the ‘field with land mines’ and help the group as a real confident moderator!

Again we closed an exciting training on Results-Based Management or Project Cycle Management applying the Logical Framework Analysis tool in design projects and programmes, appraise the quality of proposals and in Monitoring & Evaluation.

And here we like to post the feedback and evaluative comments by participants and have a reflection and discuss what they thought of it.

And that in spite of their very different concepts and meanings.

Let me explain….

Behind the many tropical products we consume, there are agricultural supply chains involving a multitude of players. Farmers, industrialists, transporters, researchers, bankers and civil servants are all working to grow, harvest, store, process, transport and sell products.

There is a mainstream vision of sustainability (global challenge, integrated systems). However, the large diversity of value chains and systems requires diversified paths, potentially in interaction between themselves and in permanent re-construction. There are no fixed solutions, no one size fits all. Value chain actors need to remain dynamic and question permanently pathways, means and objectives. Research stakeholders accompany this continuous process and fuel the debate through scientific data and innovations.

LFA is step-by-step procedure applying specific techniques in a participatory workshop setting for gathering a thorough picture of a problematic situation as perceived from different perspectives (stakeholders). We call that picture the ‘ANCHOR’ of the project, which will reflect the RELEVANCE of a possible intervention addressing those problems.

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About us

Erik Kijne
After 15 years in Cooperative Training in Zambia and in the Tropical Dairy sector in Indonesia and Tanzania, Erik realised the serious problems with PLANNING of PROJECTS and thus specialised in the facilitated participatory multi-stakeholder Logical Framework Analysis and Planning (LFA) methodology.